The Verge - Tracking Hyperloop, Elon Musk's high-speed pipe dreamhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2018-10-03T07:35:17-04:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/43808332018-10-03T07:35:17-04:002018-10-03T07:35:17-04:00HyperloopTT unveils its first passenger capsule
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<p id="jl4Kq2">Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) has unveiled the first of its full-scale capsules that it hopes will one day be used to transport passengers at 750 miles per hour, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-03/the-future-of-transport-arrives-with-hyperloop-capsule-unveiling?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=tech&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>. The California-based company is one of several Hyperloop contenders that have sprung up to deliver on Elon Musk’s 2013 transportation vision. The company will now transport the capsule to Toulouse in France, where it has <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/15/17235262/hyperloop-transportation-technologies-test-track-france">begun construction of its test track</a>, for further assembly and optimization. HyperloopTT says it hopes it’ll be “passenger ready” by 2019.</p>
<p id="ancE4y">HyperloopTT’s ‘Quintero One’ pod is around 105 feet long and weighs 5 tons. It’s constructed “almost completely” out of the company’s own composite material which it has dubbed “<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/24/11750666/hyperloop-transportation-vibranium-carbon-fiber-marvel-comics">V...</a></p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/3/17931660/hyperlooptt-first-passenger-pod-unveiled-transportation-technologiesJon Porter2017-10-12T10:24:44-04:002017-10-12T10:24:44-04:00Hyperloop One rebrands as ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ after investment by Richard Branson
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<p id="3cwBgy">Hyperloop One just got a major vote of confidence from one of the world’s most recognizable billionaire industrialists not named Elon Musk. <a href="https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/introducing-virgin-hyperloop-one">Virgin Group founder Richard Branson</a> is investing in the super fast transport system and will be joining Hyperloop One’s board of directors, the two companies announced today. As a result, the company is rebranding as “Virgin Hyperloop One.” </p>
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<p id="nYxQ6u">“As a train owner, I felt this is something that I want to be able to operate,” Branson <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/12/richard-bransons-virgin-group-invests-in-hyperloop-one.html">said to CNBC</a>. “At the moment our trains are limited to 125 miles...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/12/16464142/hyperloop-one-virgin-richard-branson-investmentAndrew J. Hawkins2017-08-31T02:47:57-04:002017-08-31T02:47:57-04:00Tesla's own Hyperloop pod sets record with 220 mph test run
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<p id="x9YSsm">Make no mistake, Elon Musk is now taking the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/4/16095418/elon-musk-hyperloop-tunnel-boring-company">commercialization of his Hyperloop idea</a> very seriously. His Tesla-branded Hyperloop pod hit 220 mph (355 km/h), according to Musk, breaking the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/28/16213348/hyperloop-pod-competition-spacex-warr-elon-musk">201 mph speed record</a> set by the students of team WARR at the Hyperloop Pod Competition earlier this week. Both records occurred at the 0.8-mile-long SpaceX Hyperloop test track that runs parallel to the company in Hawthorne California.</p>
<p id="kIUilg">The Tesla pod, while fast, isn't anywhere near the supersonic speeds that Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/901970722343444480">thinks are possible</a> in the (near) vacuum of his test tube. And the mere 20 mph margin obtained by the Tesla pod makes the WARR accomplishment all the more impressive given the relatively tiny budget the students had to work with. Still, Musk...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/31/16231604/tesla-hyperloop-pod-set-speed-recordThomas Ricker2017-08-02T08:00:04-04:002017-08-02T08:00:04-04:00The hyperloop just had its fastest test yet, nearly hitting 200 mph
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<p id="gOljlk">After over a year of incremental progress and underwhelming, low-speed tests, the hyperloop is finally starting to show us what it can do. On July 29th, Hyperloop One’s prototype pod accelerated down the length of its 500-meter-long test tube in the Nevada desert, reaching a top speed of 192 mph before gliding to a stop. The company claims it was the fastest hyperloop test yet, which isn’t a tough sell considering Hyperloop One is the only company in the world that we know of with a full-scale hyperloop.</p>
<div class="c-float-right"><aside id="QxpgF3"><q>“When you hear the sound of the Hyperloop, you hear the sound of the future.”</q></aside></div>
<p id="p6z8pq">The nearly airless tube was depressurized down to the equivalent of air at 200,000 feet above sea level, the company says. The pod, dubbed the XP-1, glided...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/2/16080070/hyperloop-one-fastest-test-192-mphAndrew J. Hawkins2017-03-21T09:00:01-04:002017-03-21T09:00:01-04:00Hyperloop startup releases cryptic images meant to prove that its hyperloop is definitely real
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<p id="tTv8Vg">There are two hyperloop startups based in Los Angeles: one is extremely eager to publicize its progress on this futuristic, insanely fast transportation system, the other... not so much. Until now. </p>
<p id="Ud3HUT">Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), the more coquettish of the two startups, finally released a handful of images and a video to prove that it is building what it says is the world’s first full-scale, passenger-ready hyperloop, capable of speeds of up to 760 mph. Unfortunately, the pictures raise more questions than they answer. </p>
<p id="lOgjbe">Let’s see what we’ve got: </p>
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<p id="X20y2k">Something that appears to be the inside of a hyperloop tube. </p>
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<p id="SoTGa9">A mechanical arm spraying water at something. </p>
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<p id="Fg2lIm">Some.... metal struts...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/14984082/htt-hyperloop-transportation-technologies-capsule-imagesAndrew J. Hawkins2017-03-07T04:02:16-05:002017-03-07T04:02:16-05:00Hyperloop One shows off its first superfast test track in the Nevada desert
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<p id="Jnnrm3">Hyperloop still feels a little more like science fiction than an actual project, but as new pictures from superfast transportation company <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/23/14314986/hyperloop-one-self-driving-car-global-challenge-nevada-test">Hyperloop One</a> show, the technology is slowly making its way into the real world. The new images give an insight into how construction is progressing on Hyperloop One’s very own hyperloop in the Nevada desert, showing suspended track that could one day carry (possibly screaming) passengers at ridiculous speeds across the United States.</p>
<p id="mDtD43">The test track — known as DevLoop — is 500 meters long and 3.3 meters in diameter, giving enough space for Hyperloop One to conduct public trials of its technology in the first half of this year. The track itself can be found some 30 minutes from Las Vegas, out in the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/7/14840322/hyperloop-one-test-track-nevada-desertRich McCormick2017-02-01T10:53:33-05:002017-02-01T10:53:33-05:00SpaceX’s hyperloop race was a milestone for the futuristic transportation system
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<p id="KY0RcY">Last weekend, excitement ran high at the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14399030/spacex-hyperloop-pod-competition-elon-musk">SpaceX Hyperloop competition</a>, a culmination of a year’s work on dogged research and development to imagine and build the transportation of the future. Just before the first finalist’s pod launched, a rustle ran through the crowd of SpaceX employees, hyperloop teams, and journalists. Elon Musk appeared on the stage.</p>
<p id="UvQPlD">Back in 2013, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/12/4614940/elon-musk-reveals-plans-for-high-speed-hyperloop">Musk released</a> his <a href="http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf">white paper</a> that theorized the possibility of aerodynamic aluminum capsules filled with passengers or cargo that could travel in a nearly airless tube at roughly the speed of sound. “Hyperloop Alpha” teased the possibility of traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just 30 minutes. His idea inspired engineers and investors around the world,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/1/14470630/spacex-hyperloop-race-mit-delft-warr-elon-muskMegan Stewart2016-11-18T17:38:23-05:002016-11-18T17:38:23-05:00Hyperloop One settles nasty lawsuit with co-founder
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<p id="sRgyNc">Hyperloop One, the well-funded, slightly dysfunctional, futuristic transportation startup announced that it has settled <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12162422/hyperloop-one-lawsuit-bambrogan-pishevar-lloyd-noose">a lawsuit brought by four former employees</a>, including co-founder and chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan, for an undisclosed sum of money. </p>
<p id="4Z8HaB">In an email sent to employees earlier Friday, Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd said he was “pleased” to announce the settlement of the suit, which stunned many when it dropped weeks after the company’s first public test. “Lawsuits can be distracting for companies; they often halt momentum until they can be resolved,” Lloyd said in his memo to staff. “That didn’t happen here.”</p>
<div class="c-float-left"><aside id="UKrxa1"><q>“Lawsuits can be distracting for companies.”</q></aside></div>
<p id="g2D66Q">Indeed, the company recently announced its ambitious plans to <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/8/13556392/hyperloop-one-pod-dubai-design-video-passenger">b...</a></p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/18/13681412/hyperloop-one-settles-lawsuit-bambrogan-pishevarAndrew J. Hawkins